Stranova

Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 1, Published January 8, 2006. It’s been tried with limited degrees of success before, but 2006 looks to be the year when a very “tight” integration of home entertainment media and the internet will indeed come to pass. Our Mini Podcast explores the strategic innovations that prepared the foundations for what is beginning to emerge, and points to where this may lead in the future.

Stranova Vol. 11, Published January 2, 2006, features Jeff Spahn, developer of the "Leaders Leading Leaders" consulting practice, on changing the way we as leaders work with each other - in a new and innovative way. For the those of us who learned leadership as a relationship where “we lead” and “they follow”, this episode points to a much needed and challenging approach to leadership. Our most important role as leaders is in harnessing the collective will of our leadership “teams” to guide co-creation of the future of whatever organization we're a part of. Jeff Spahn's “Leaders Leading Leaders” concepts can help show you how to start your own business revolution.

Stranova Vol. 10, Published December 18, 2005, features Santa and Mrs. Claus, in an exclusive interview direct from the North Pole. For this episode of Stranova, you'll have the rare opportunity to hear the original "entrepreneurs" behind "The Christmas Business" share how it all began and their challenges in the modern marketplace. With a fascinating perspective, from their invention of North Pole, Inc.'s first "Christmas Gift" to today's intense competition from mega-stores and the internet, their interview is a "Must Hear" event!

Stranova Vol. 9, Published December 4, 2005, features guest Jeffrey Hollender, the CEO, President, and Founder of Seventh Generation, Inc., provider of some of the world's most trusted environmentally responsible and safe products for the home, including laundry detergent, paper towels, dish liquids, and household cleaners.

In this episode, you'll learn how Seventh Generation proves it's possible to be a strong leader in Corporate Social Responsibility while growing rapidly and even increasing margins year after year.

Stranova Vol. 8, published November 21st, 2005, features guests Ann Swanberg and Chris Miller, co-founders of LifePlays, a business created to help transform groups and individuals through the power of Improvisation.

For those who have experienced "Improv" mostly through the "comedy' side,

we urge you to "tune in" to this episode -- to experience how the same Improv principles

used in "stand-up" can help you work together more effectively as a business team

and more authentically connect with your "gut" to be an even stronger leader.

Stranova Vol. 7, published November 7, 2005, features guest Dr. Raymond Yeh discussing his “big dream” for an “Enterprise Clinic” aimed at helping startup companies all over the world — and especially in emerging economies — not only launch strongly but to grow even stronger as they mature.

Dr. Yeh is a unique business visionary with an extensive career in the fields of computer science, business creation, business reinvention, and education. He has published over 120 papers in business and technology as well as 10 books, and is the acclaimed author of Zero Time and the 2005 business bestseller, The Art of Business.

Stranova 6, October 24, 2005. "The New Voice of Business". Our guest is Elliot Hoffman, the founder of the popular "Just Desserts" chain of restaurants/stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, is now after an even bigger challenge: organizing business people and their organizations to transform the world -- in the areas of energy, economic policy, and other broader roles for business as a social force in the 21st century.

Stranova 6, October 24, 2005. "The New Voice of Business". Our guest is Elliot Hoffman, the founder of the popular "Just Desserts" chain of restaurants/stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, is now after an even bigger challenge: organizing business people and their organizations to transform the world -- in the areas of energy, economic policy, and other broader roles for business as a social force in the 21st century.

Stranova 5, October 11, 2005. This time we're discussing "Opportunistic Entrepreneurship" with guest Susyn Reeve, who has made a career out of listening for the opportunities in the "ordinary" and turning them into a continuing string of successful ventures. Does the process of launching a business and turning it into a success always have to be a herculean effort? Not always, it seems. Our guest this episode has done it again and again, with a continuously reinvented successful consulting practice, a deceptively simple Internet business that shows how you don't always need "big money" to make a big splash (www.CelebrateAHero.com), and even a career as a successful author and lecturer.

Stranova 5, October 11, 2005. This time we're discussing "Opportunistic Entrepreneurship" with guest Susyn Reeve, who has made a career out of listening for the opportunities in the "ordinary" and turning them into a continuing string of successful ventures. Does the process of launching a business and turning it into a success always have to be a herculean effort? Not always, it seems. Our guest this episode has done it again and again, with a continuously reinvented successful consulting practice, a deceptively simple Internet business that shows how you don't always need "big money" to make a big splash (www.CelebrateAHero.com), and even a career as a successful author and lecturer.